Monday, April 28, 2014

OOJ: Family Therapy

today's OOJ is a transcription of a family session i did today with two siblings.

scene: me and two siblings- kid A, 8 years old, and kid B, 7 years old- discuss a problem they've been having at home. we're practicing "i statements".

me: ok, kid A, are you ready? (prompting him) 'i feel...'

kid A: i feel sad when you lock me out of your room but let everyone else [the other siblings] go in.

me: kid B, what did he say?

kid B: he feels sad when i lock him out of my room.

me: good job! do you want to say something back to him? 'i feel...'

kid B: i feel mad when you throw farts in my room.

me: (thinking to myself) "throw farts"? is that a phrase???

kid A: but our brother farts in your room!!

kid B: he stops when i tell him to!

me: kid A, is there something you can do differently?

kid a: i can run to the bathroom and fart in there.

me: ok... are you able to control your farts?

kid a: (sadly) no.

me: kid A, what happens if he can't run to the bathroom fast enough and farts in your room?

kid b: that's ok if he makes a mistake.


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